WATCH it because, in this video, Morag McLaren Product Manager at Whatusersdo.com talks about the importance of context and timing when it comes to user research. She uses a clever example of how this plays out in a restaurant situation which makes a lot of sense when also applied to products.

HEAR it because, in this podcast, Noopur Bakshi, Senior Product Manager at Adobe, shares best practices for conducting user interviews and what are some examples of effective questions to ask during an interview.

READ it because, in this post, Fiona McLaren, Senior Product Manager at Made by Many shares three key questions to ask before booking user interviews but also she shares her process when it comes to running these interviews and how to process the data you get out of them.

READ it because, in this post, Hiten Shah talks about the importance of using free tools to generate leads for your main product or service. He goes through 3 different categories of potential tools and how you can leverage them to hack your customer acquisition cost over time.

READ it because, in this post, First Round shares an interview with Lloyd Tabb who shares what he’s learned from three decades of leading data teams at companies like LiveOps, Netscape and ReadyForce and now Looker. He shows the difference of Vanity Metrics vs. Clarity Metrics and what metrics to look for in the different type of companies.

KNOW PRODUCT PEOPLE?

Are you, or any of your friends a designer, developer, product manager?

I’m doing some research on what makes product people happy or unhappy and what some of their biggest dreams and challenges are.

I have a couple of quick questions to ask, if you can help out, please reply to this email — I’ll share the results with those who participate. Thanks :)